Student’s posts demonstrate clear understanding of the readings and course materials, use excellent examples, and address all questions posed in the instructions.

Student’s posts demonstrate good understanding of the readings and course materials, use good examples, and address all questions posed in the instructions.

Student’s posts demonstrate fair understanding of the readings and course materials, use adequate examples, and address all questions posed in the instructions.

Student’s posts demonstrate little understanding of the readings and course materials, use poor examples, and do not address all questions posed in the instructions.

Student’s posts do not refer to the readings or course materials, do not use any examples, or do not address all questions posed in the instructions.

All of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor.

Most of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor.

Several of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor.

Some of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support   academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor.

Student’s posts do not add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support   academic growth of the other students, or are not respectful to other students or the instructor.

Student posted a discussion post of suitable length and more than required minimum number of peer responses.

Student posted a discussion post of suitable length and at least the required minimum number of peer responses.

Student posted a discussion post of sufficient length and most of the required minimum number of peer responses.

Student posted a discussion post of insufficient length or did not post the required minimum number of peer responses.

Student did not post a discussion post or the required minimum number of peer responses.

All of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences.

Most of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences.

Several of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences.

Some of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences.

Student’s posts are grammatically incorrect with frequent misspellings, and incomplete sentences.

All of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and all the links (if provided) are working.

Most of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and/or most of the links (if provided) are working.

Several of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and/or several of the links (if provided) are working.

Some of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and/or some of the links (if provided) are working.

Student does not cite references correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) or provide working links.